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PublisherDoubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10038549341X
ISBN-139780385493413
eBay Product ID (ePID)22038312299
Product Key Features
Book TitleActual Innocence : Five Days to Execution and Other Dispatches from the Wrongly Convicted
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicJudicial Power, General, Criminal Procedure
Publication Year2000
IllustratorYes
GenreLaw, True Crime
AuthorPeter Neufeld, Barry Scheck, Jim Dwyer
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight24.3 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-045876
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Actual Innocenceis a gut-wrenching, terrifying, hair-raising account of how fatally wrong things can go inside the American criminal justice system. But it's also--thank God--a chronicle of redemption, of how science and a group of dedicated individuals have exposed those wrongs." --Jonathan Harr, Author ofA Civil Action "Actual Innocenceis a powerful and illuminating look into the obscene quagmire of American criminal prosecutions. DNA has at last provided the key to the jailhouse door for a veritable host of innocent victims of this system. The book is a great service to justice." --Arthur Miller "Actual Innocenceis a real-life legal thriller, the harrowing account of ten innocent men wrongfully convicted by a justice system that too often just doesn't work. Well written and well researched, this book is like a clarion call alerting us to how easily corruption, prejudice, laziness, and flat-out stupidity can cause tragic errors--and how difficult those errors are to correct. This may be the most important book on American criminal justice in a decade." --William Bernhardt, author ofDark Justice "Actual Innocenceis a remarkably compelling book. Using real-life stories more horrifyingly gripping than any fiction, the authors make clear the deep flaws in our criminal justice system, and the positive difference that is being made by DNA identification methods whose use [Scheck and Neufeld] pioneered. Telling their tale clearly and without fanfare, they let the human drama speak for itself. I couldn't putActual Innocencedown; it's a book everyone should read." --Philip Friedman, author ofNo Higher Law
Dewey Decimal347.73/12
LC Classification NumberKF9756.D98 2000
